Brazilian President Lula: I hope that the United States is willing to invest in Brazil so that we can promote the energy transition.

Shell (SHEL.N) Spokesperson: Export operations at the port of Forcados in Nigeria resumed on August 13.

Brazilian economists expect USD/BRL to reach 5.00 by the end of 2024, the same as previously forecast.

Brazilian economists expect the Brazilian real to reach 4.93 against the dollar by the end of 2023, compared with a previous forecast of 4.90.

Brazilian economists expect the SELIC rate to be 11.75% at the end of 2023 and 9% at the end of 2024, both unchanged from previous forecasts.

Brazilian economists predict that the GDP growth rate in 2023 will be 2.29%, which was 2.26% before; the GDP growth rate in 2024 will be 1.30%, which is the same as the previous forecast.

Brazilian economists predict that the inflation rate will be 4.84% in 2023, the same as the previous forecast; the inflation rate in 2024 will be 3.86%, compared with the previous forecast of 3.88%.

The Bank of England: We encountered a technical problem this morning, which prevented the opening of the real-time gross settlement service and the CHAPS high-value payment system. This issue has been resolved and billing will resume shortly.

Market news: Petrobras (PBR.N) is conducting due diligence on BASF and has not yet made a decision.

Latvian Prime Minister Karins said he would resign.

HUT 8 MINING: The company mined 399 bitcoins in the quarter ending June 30, 2023.

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu: Russian weapons have shown their effectiveness in Ukraine.

The Russian ruble continued to fall, with EUR/RUB breaching 111.

Hut 8 Mining, a Bitcoin mining company: Received an interim order and filed a management information circular related to the merger of the US Bitcoin business.

The Central Bank of India: will launch a public technology platform credit pilot project, and the platform pilot will start on August 17.

According to RIA Novosti: Russia does not intend to buy grain for the State Intervention Fund in 2023.

Indian trade official: Review process for India-ASEAN trade deal to start soon.

The document shows that Kuwait set the official price of KEC crude oil in Asia in September at a premium of US$2.85 per barrel compared to the average price of Oman/Dubai.

Indian trade official: Imports of goods from Russia rose to $20.45 billion in April-July 2023, compared to $10.42 billion last year.